On this Mother's Day I thought it would be fun to post our matrilineal lines, in other words, our lines up through our mothers, and their mothers, and so on.

In the genealogy blogosphere, there's a meme going on this weekend to post about our maternal line, like Randy Seaver has done here.

This, by the way, is where we get our mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA, which is passed in its entirety from a mother to her children. It just so happens that I purchased a DNA test from 23andme.com a few weeks ago when they had their $99 special. Though as I stare at this test kit to spit into, I admit I'm getting cold feet.

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My first love is technology, particularly designing web applications that people find useful. About the same time I discovered the Internet, I discovered a love for family history and genealogy. I started building websites to help people find their family history. Years, and several projects later, familytreecircles was born.

I spend pretty much all my time on my Internet business (including FamilyTreeCircles), but when I get the genealogy itch, I dig back into my ancestry. Here on this blog, I'll write about the genealogy things I have going on -- a mix of technology and family information.